Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-3-113
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Voluntary registration program – Location of new apiaries
Official statutory text
– Abandoned apiaries.
A. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry,
on a form prescribed by the Department, shall establish a voluntary
registration program. The program shall be available to any of the
following:
1. Any person establishing, maintaining, or locating an apiary
within the state;
2. Any person shipping bees into the state; or
3. Migratory beekeepers that transport colonies of bees into
the state.
B. The Department shall issue to each registrant a registration
identification number. Any person owning an apiary that does not
register with the Department shall be required to post personal
contact information at or near their apiary.
C. All registrants shall pay registration fees as established
by the State Board of Agriculture. Fees shall be paid to the Board
prior to the processing of the registration.
D. The Board shall promulgate rules to establish and administer
the voluntary registration program.
E. No person shall locate a new apiary within close proximity
to an established apiary if the Department determines that the new
apiary presents an imminent danger of spreading bee diseases or
pests or interferes with the proper feeding and foraging of an
established apiary.
F. If the Department discovers an apiary that does not appear
to have a registration identification number, the Department shall
make a reasonable effort to locate and notify the beekeeper or
owner. If no beekeeper or owner is identified for the apiary, then
it may be designated as an abandoned apiary, and the Department may
destroy the apiary or donate it to an appropriate research facility.
A. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry,
on a form prescribed by the Department, shall establish a voluntary
registration program. The program shall be available to any of the
following:
1. Any person establishing, maintaining, or locating an apiary
within the state;
2. Any person shipping bees into the state; or
3. Migratory beekeepers that transport colonies of bees into
the state.
B. The Department shall issue to each registrant a registration
identification number. Any person owning an apiary that does not
register with the Department shall be required to post personal
contact information at or near their apiary.
C. All registrants shall pay registration fees as established
by the State Board of Agriculture. Fees shall be paid to the Board
prior to the processing of the registration.
D. The Board shall promulgate rules to establish and administer
the voluntary registration program.
E. No person shall locate a new apiary within close proximity
to an established apiary if the Department determines that the new
apiary presents an imminent danger of spreading bee diseases or
pests or interferes with the proper feeding and foraging of an
established apiary.
F. If the Department discovers an apiary that does not appear
to have a registration identification number, the Department shall
make a reasonable effort to locate and notify the beekeeper or
owner. If no beekeeper or owner is identified for the apiary, then
it may be designated as an abandoned apiary, and the Department may
destroy the apiary or donate it to an appropriate research facility.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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